Hieroglyphic

He thought of her

as an emblem

her impression

—hieroglyphic

drawn through the ancient

along a cliff in sanskrit

and painted upon a cave

with his soul

in which he gave.

For when he saw her

he could only scribble

until a word made sense,

an archaic expression

in an image of perfect tense

like the heart shaped crest

she thrust upon his chest.

For she was the prayer

in which he knew worship.

She held the wilderness

in which he lost himself

and in her nature

where he found his peace,

she was the poetry

in which he understood

what hope meant

and in her beauty

he saw something

no man had ever seen.

And they say

that it was she

who lit the love

that showed him the way.

BeLove © 2018

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